Re:TI-H: Re: Grant: Master of AOL (NOT!)


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Re:TI-H: Re: Grant: Master of AOL (NOT!)




>>Kinda like the Mac (unaltered) and the kernel it runs.
>
>Whats that supposed to mean?

The mac has alaways had a text OS used for debuging.

To get an idea of what goes on durring the startup (in text) install the
mach_kernel and look at all the firmware messages.  Says everything you
need to know and more about your computer.

If you have a Power Mac with a PCI bus, the hold down command+option+O+F
and you will enter BIOS.  Do this before the computer gets to the happy
face.

You can force the computer to startup off of a linux kernel without ever
seeing the Macos by changing the bootdevice.  You can also change the
startup resolution.  It will also tell you how many BOGO MIPS you have...

pretty cool...

Grant



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